# The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994, Regulation 102: Proceedings for offences: venue, time limits

Extent: E+W+S

(1) An offence under Part III of these Regulations shall, for the purposes of conferring jurisdiction, be deemed to have been committed in any place where the offender is found or to which he is first brought after the commission of the offence.
(2) Summary proceedings for any such offence (other than for an offence under regulation 39 or 41) may be brought within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge.
But no such proceedings shall be brought by virtue of this paragraph more than three years after the commission of the offence or, in the case of a continuous contravention, after the last date on which the offence was committed.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact; and a certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2716/regulation/102 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-natural-habitats-c-regulations-1994/regulation-102
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